Spoiler : Kiley, Richard (Richard Paul Kiley) Born in Chicago, Illinois 3/31/1922; died 3/5/1999 of a blood disorder at the Horton Hospital in Middletown, New York. Married to Mary Wood (?-?); Patricia Ferrier (1968-1999 his death). Studied drama at Barlum Dramatic School. Actor-announcer on Chicago radio stations for programs including Jack Armstrong, The All-American Boy in 1941. Served as a gunnery instructor in the U.S. Navy during WWII. Following the war was an actor on radio again. Screen debut in The Mob (1951). Broadway debut in Misalliance (1953).

Spoiler : Guest star on television programs including Curtain Call for NBC (1952); The Revlon Mirror Theater for NBC (1953); The U.S. Steel Hour for ABC (1953); Tales Of Tomorrow for ABC (1953); Kraft Television Theater for ABC (1955). Paddy Cleary on the ABC-TV miniseries, The Thorn Birds (1983). Claudius on the NBC-TV miniseries, A.D. (1985). Narrator for the seven-part special series, Planet Earth on PBS-TV (1986). Joe Gardner on A Year In The Life for NBC (1987-1988). Jason DeWitt on The Great Defenders for FOX (1995). Emmy Awards for the first episode of The Thorn Birds in 1983, 1988 for A Year In The Life, 1994 for Buried Alive, an episode of Picket Fences on CBS. Inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in January 1999.